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Warsaw Rows Back From Large-Scale Asset Sales

Government Urges the Large Companies It Controls to Grow Their Businesses in Poland and Beyond

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Marcin Sobczyk

July 4, 2014 6:20 a.m. ET

WARSAW—The Polish government plans to retain control over its top companies and won't conduct any more large-scale asset sales, a senior treasury official said, undoing a policy cornerstone that saw the country transition from a centrally planned economy to a free market after the fall of communism.

Instead, the government is urging the large companies it controls to grow their businesses in Poland and beyond.